November 6, 2014
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (Ill.-D), Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn, and Paul Misener, Amazon vice president, recently announced that Amazon.com Inc. would create more than 1,000 new jobs and invest 75 million dollars in capital funds in Illinois by 2017.
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Quinn, Durbin Announce Google Plan to Create More Than 1,000 Illinois Jobs
On Oct. 28, Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.-D) joined Amazon.com Inc. to announce the creation of more than 1,000 full-time jobs and $75 million in investment in Illinois by 2017. Amazon is scouting sites and plans to open its first facility in Illinois next year.